Maybe you rolled down the car window while blowing a big bubble, or maybe your child isn't used to chewing gum and you suddenly find a messy wad of gum in your hair. It's one of those questions you never ask until it happens to you: How do you get chewing gum out of your hair? While you can always cut it out, not all of us want a big chunk of our hair missing. Instead of trying to create a new cut that isn't you, try these foolproof methods to solve the age-old problem of removing gum from your hair.

One of the most tried and true home remedies to get gum out of hair is peanut butter. It's something almost all of us have in our pantry and it helps take the edge off the sticky situation. If you're wondering how it works, the oil in peanut butter breaks down the sticky properties of the gum, making peanut butter the ideal lubricant. If you use peanut butter, the gum will stick more easily to the oils than to the proteins of the hair.

To use, apply peanut butter to hair strands currently wrapped in gum. Apply the gum liberally and work it into the mess. After a few minutes, the chewing gum pieces start to loosen and are easy to remove. Once you're done, you'll probably need a shower unless you don't mind your hair smelling like a sandwich!

Since it's the oil in peanut butter that does such a good job of untangling the mess, any oil-based substance or any pure oil, such as olive oil, coconut oil, and mayonnaise, will get the job done. If you're in this situation right now and need some convincing before dipping your head in oil, this video will show you how to do it in less than a minute. Apply it the same way you would the peanut butter, working the oil into the blob and massaging it until the gum loosens. Since you already have some oil in your hair, you might as well apply it to your scalp and then apply a nourishing mask!